雨过天晴。七点前下雨，十一点前转晴。Rain before seven; fine before eleven.

晴日之后有雨水，乌云过去见青天。Rain comes after sunshine, and after a dark cloud, a clear sky.

船沉鼠先窜。树倒猢狲散。Rats leave a sinking ship.

Rats desert a sinking ship.

Rats forsake a sinking ship.

有备无患。Readiness is all.

读书养神，锻炼健身。Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

博览群书使人完美无瑕，冥思苦想让人深刻精邃，论证阐述让人头脑清晰。Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.

读书使人渊博，交谈使人机敏，写作使人严谨。Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.

不要光是读书，还要识人。Read not books alone, but men.

现钱等于成药。Ready money is a ready medicine.

真正的学问，像其他一切有价值的东西一样，是不容易得到的，必须学习、钻研、思考，最重要的是必须有迫切的要求。 Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily, it must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and more than all, must be prayed for.

自食其果。种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆 Reap as one has sown.

Reap what one has sown.

养儿防老。 积谷防饥  。Rear sons for help in old age; and store up grains against famine.

理智约束着人。 Reason binds the man.

理性常骗人，良心永不欺。 Reason deceives us often, conscience never.

理智指导聪明人，而且打击愚蠢汉。 Reason governs the wise man a cudgels the fool.

理智是人生的向导和光辉。 Reason is the guide and light of life.

情理管万事。 Reason rules all things.

虚度青春，悔恨不已。 Reckless youth makes rueful age.

记住你自己只不过是一个人。 Remember you are but a man.

悔罪虽好，无罪更佳。 Repentance is good, but innocence is better.

反覆学习是知识之源。 Repetition is the mother of knowledge.

无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。 Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.

应该做的决心做，决心做的务必做。 Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

君须自敬，人乃敬之。 Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.

责任必须负在肩上，不能挟在腋下。 Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry it under your arms.

搁置不用要生锈。生命在于运动。 Rest breeds rust.

革命不是绣花。 Revolutions are not made with rose water.

富贵未必永远幸福。 Riches do not always bring happiness.

财富可以侍候主人，也可以支配主人。 Riches either serve or govern the possessor.

财富难保。 Riches have wings.

财富侍智者，却又驭驾蠢人。 Riches serve a wise man but command a fool.

大河要有源头。 Rivers need a spring.

互相吹嘘。 Roll my log and I'll roll yours.

罗马不是一日建成的。 Rome was not built in a day.

 Rome was not built in one day.

两面讨好。 Run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

Hold with the hare and run with the hounds.

 Hold with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

悲喜交加，哀乐相续。Sadness and gladness succeed each other.

藏的稳，找的准。藏得好就找得到。Safe bind, safe find.

驶船要乘风，风潮不等人。Sail while the wind blows; wind and tide wait for no man.

远航久别恩情疏。远离久别爱情淡。Salt water and absence wash away love.

懒汉总会干坏事。魔鬼专坑懒鬼Satan always finds work for idle hands.

放虎归山。Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you.

能节俭时就节俭，朝阳难照一整天。Save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day.

节约等于收入。Saving is getting.

说与做是两回事。Saying and doing are two things.

说是一回事，做是另一回事。 Saying is one thing, and doing another.

莫道全所知，莫信全所闻。 Say not all that you know, believe not all that you hear.

说得漂亮固好，做得漂亮更佳。 Say well is good, but do well is better.

科学是系统化的知识。 Science is organized knowledge.

三思而行。 Score twice before you cut once.

神气的狗也会吃脏布丁的。 Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings.

文明不能改变本性。 Scratch a Russian, and you find a Tartar.

Scratch a Russian, and you'll find a Tartar.

 朋比为奸。 Scratch me and I'll scratch you.

朋比为奸。如果你帮我，我就帮你。 Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

三思而行，再思可也。 Second thoughts are best.

眼见为实。 Seeing is believing.

见识多、多体验，钻研深是学问的三大支持。 Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are the three pillars of learning.

多看多听少多嘴，你会太平过日子。 See, listen, and be silent, and you will live in peace.

趁热打铁。抓住时机。Seize time by the forelock.

 Take time by the forelock.

见得少，忘得快。 Seldom seen, soon forgotten.

人类的伟大，首要的是要有自信。 Self-confidence is the first requisite to human greatness.

我们的失败多数是由于缺乏自信。 Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure.

自食其果。 Self do, self have.

自我吹嘘，决不可取。 Self-praise is no recommendation.

只要自重、自觉、自制，人生就可达到至高无上的境地。 Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these three alone lead life to sovereign power.

自信是英雄的本色。 Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

自信是成功的首要秘诀。 Self-trust is the first secret of success.

以其人之道还治其人之身。 Serve somebody with the same sauce.

小人得意，忘乎所以。 Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.

以毒攻毒。 Set a thief to catch a thief.

溪浅声喧，静水流深。Shallow streams make most din; still waters run deep.

饿的肚子顾不到体面。 Sharp stomachs make short graces.

帐算清，交情深。 Short accounts make long friends.

浅交生后悔。 Short acquaintance brings repentance.

年寿短暂，声誉永存。 Short is my date, but deathless my renown.

谎言是做贼的第一步。 Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.

英雄只怕病来磨。 Sickness is everyman's master.

疾病能够感觉到，健康全然不知晓。 Sickness is felt, but health not at all.

疾病使人亮出本来面目。 Sickness shows us what we are.

沉默等于同意。 Silence gives consent.

遭到不幸时，沉默是上策。 Silence in times of suffering is the best.

沉默是通过生活中的许多不幸而学会的。 Silence is learnt by the may misfortunes of life.

沉默是更有说服力的言词。 Silence is more eloquent than words.

沉默有时是最严厉的批评。 Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.

沉默的人像静水一样，深而难测。 Silent men, like still waters, are deep and dangerous.

穿绸着缎，无米煮饭。指为了讲究穿戴勒紧裤腰带饿肚子。 Silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen.